Your chemotherapy nurse will keep a close eye on you and give you treatment for this straight away if this happens. Let your nurse or doctor know straight away if you have any of these symptoms or feel unwell. Symptoms include breathlessness, swelling of your face and lips, and dizziness. Rarely you can get a severe allergic reaction. This can cause symptoms such as itching, rash or red face. You might have a mild allergic reaction to paclitaxel during or shortly after treatment. They can check the cause and give you medicine to help. Tell a member of the team treating you if you have any pain. You might also get pain in other areas of the body for example pain in your ear, mouth, throat, face and bones but this is not as common. It’s common to feel pain in different parts of your body such as your joints, muscles, and limbs. It is easier to prevent sickness rather than treat it once it has started. It is important to take anti sickness medicines as prescribed even if you don’t feel sick. Feeling or being sickįeeling or being sick is usually well controlled with anti sickness medicines. It might help to avoid fatty or fried foods, eat small meals and snacks and take regular sips of water. Don't push yourself, rest when you start to feel tired and ask others for help. Doing gentle exercises each day can keep your energy up. Tiredness and weakness (fatigue) can happen during and after treatment. Tiredness and weakness (fatigue) during and after treatment Less commonly you may have heavy bleeding. Or you may have lots of tiny red spots or bruises on your arms or legs (known as petechiae). You may have nosebleeds or bleeding gums after brushing your teeth. These blood cells help the blood to clot when we cut ourselves. This is due to a drop in the number of platelets in your blood. You might be breathless and look pale due to a drop in red blood cells.

You should contact your advice line urgently if you think you have an infection. Infections can sometimes be life threatening. Or an infection that can cause a sudden drop in your blood pressure, affecting parts of your body including your heart and lungs. Very rarely this can cause a severe chest infection. You might have other symptoms depending on where the infection is, for example an infection in your wee (urine) or in your throat and lungs. Symptoms include a change in temperature, aching muscles, headaches, feeling cold and shivery and generally feeling unwell. Increased risk of getting an infection is due to a drop in white blood cells. They include: Increased risk of infection These side effects happen in more than 10 in 100 people (more than 10%). But you might have some of them at the same time. Remember it is very unlikely that you will have all of these side effects.

We haven't listed all the side effects here. Contact your advice line immediately if you have signs of infection, including a temperature above 37.5C or below 36C.

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